Page 7: Historical Events In May - 10

1930  Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 vs Yorkshire at Sheffield on this day in history.   

1930  First US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago) on May - 10.   

1930  1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago) on May - 10.   

1931  Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem   

1932  Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes President of France on May - 10.   

1932  On May - 10 government declares "Wilhelmus" Neth national anthem   

1933  Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) forms on May - 10.   

1933  On this day in history nazis burn 'un-German' books outside Berlin University   

1933  On this day in history nazis stage public book burnings in Germany   

1933  On May - 10 paraguay declares war on Bolivia   

1933  On this day in history public burning of Jewish and anti-Nazi books.   

1933  On May - 10 suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands   

1933  On this day in history the Nazis stage massive book burnings in Germany   

1936  On this day in history manuel Azaña elected President of Spain   

1936  On this day in history nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt   

1936  On this day in history manuel Azaña elected president of Spain   

1937  On this day in history busmen strike in London   

1938  On May - 10 banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam   

1938  Percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies on May - 10.   

1940  On this day in history british Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms   

1940  Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 10 dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege   

1940  French marines stationed on Aruba on May - 10.   

1940  On this day in history french troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands   

1940  Massive German invasion of Holland, Belgium and France begins on this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg   

1940  On this day in history winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM   

1940  Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56 on May - 10.   

1941  On May - 10 adolph Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland   

1941  England's House of Commons & Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz on this day in history.   

1941  Queen Wilhelmina on Radio Orange warns against treason on May - 10.   

1942  On May - 10 joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74   

1943  On this day in history andre Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged   

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1265  On this day in history birth of emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)   

1536  Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall was born on this day in history.   

1604  On this day in history birth of jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686)   

1697  Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer was born on this day in history.   

1705  On May - 10 birth of gallus Zeiler, composer   

1724  On May - 10 birth of johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)   

1727  Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76) was born on May - 10.   

1730  On this day in history birth of george Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)   

0238  On May - 10 death of gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered   

0995  On this day in history death of boudouin, bishop of Utrecht   

1290  Death of Duke Rudolph II of Austria (b. 1271) on May - 10.   

1424  Death of Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan on this day in history.   

1493  Death of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician on May - 10.   

1521  Death of Sebastian Brant, Alsatian humanist (b. 1457) on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65   

1569  Death of Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer on this day in history.